Realistic Pet Portraits in Colored Pencil

Anne does a great job of explaining how she goes about making pet portraits. She starts out with basic terminology. She explains how she gets the effects by sharpness of pencil point and amount of pressure. She has little demonstrations on how to deplict different types of fur. She shows basic materials needed. She sticks strictly to Prismacolor color pencils which makes it easy to find the supplies and duplicate the colors without having to invest in numerous different types and colors of pencils. She gives not only the color, but also how sharp the point should be, the type of stroke, and the pressure to apply. It is a very good book, with some beautiful examples of her work. I find it interesting that the white cat has shades of lavender and blue in it but still reads white.

While I am not currently interested in painting pets in colored pencil, I wanting to see how the author taught about values, proportions and light. I also like to compare author/artists in what tools and materials they choose. This book met all of my expectations.

I'm 41 and am renewing the love of drawing and sketching that I lost when I graduated from high school. I just didn't have time for art in my life, but when I finally picked up a pencil and paper a few months ago, I immediately fell in love with drawing again. A friend gave me a beautiful set of coloured pencils as a gift, which is one reason I purchased this book, and I'd be thrilled if I could ever produce a picture as nice as anything done by this author. Her drawings are just gorgeous, and the book is worth buying just to look at the pictures. One thing I noticed is that the artist doesn't solely work with coloured pencils. In some images she uses gouache paints to draw whiskers, for example. It's a small thing, but worth noting if you hope to produce these images.

This is the best colored pencil book for learning to master pet portraits on the market. Hands down!!! I own allot of art books and am a self-taught artist in colored pencil and believe me, Anne deMille Flood has done for pet portraits when Ann Kullberg has done for people portraits. I cannot possibly say enough about this book, but it's worth every penny and then some. You won't be dissappointed, except perhaps wishing she had a full series of these books.

Outstanding book. Excellent results obtained immediately after just briefly reviewing the first few chapters. Wonderfully effective techniques. Easy to learn. Excellent format! I've been an Illustrator/ Artist for over twenty-seven years. I highly recommend this book. JF Willis

This is an excellent step by step book how to draw animals with colored pencils. Anne Flood is an wonderful artist I never get tired looking at her work. I am a beginner artist and I have brought other art books online and I was greatly disappointed none of them were step by step as they had claim. After emailing the author about her book I decided to get her book at the library; I was not disappointed. I am glad I ordered her book. If you love animals and want to draw them; this is the book. I hope she does other art books.